Interview

What is the purpose of an operator role?

• To aid with the production process among a team and ensure all materials are availabe at the machine and that waste materials are removed

• remove waste materials from the machine and work among a team to create production

• Aid the production process and maintain a clean working environment

• Achieve production targets whilst working in a team and maintaining an efficient and tidy work environment with all the required tools available

Transport Waste

• idle time when production is not synchronized

• Movement that doesnt directly support immediate production, such as poor planning improper layout

• movement of people that doesnt contribute to the product, moving equipment, gathering unnecessary tools

• loss of value to a product, when a products deviates from what is required

Inventory Waste

• unneeded production refinement that does not add value to a product

• employees performing unnecessary work when their talent could be utilized in greater activities

• idle time when production is not synchronized

• supply in excess, caused by poor inventory management and unbalanced production processes

Motion Waste

• loss of value to a product, when a products deviates from what is required

• Movement that doesnt directly support immediate production, such as poor planning improper layout

• movement of people that doesnt contribute to the product, moving equipment, gathering unnecessary tools

• unneeded production refinement that does not add value to a product

Unutilized talent

• employees performing unnecessary work when their talent could be utilized in greater activities

• Movement that doesnt directly support immediate production, such as poor planning improper layout.

• movement of people that doesnt contribute to the product, moving equipment, gathering unnecessary tools.

• unneeded production refinement that does not add value to a product

Defects

• idle time when production is not synchronized

• loss of value to a product, when a products deviates from what is required

• producing more than required or before it is needed

• supply in excess, caused by poor inventory management and unbalanced production processes

Over-processing waste

• movement of people that doesnt contribute to the product, moving equipment, gathering unnecessary tools

• Movement that doesnt directly support immediate production, such as poor planning improper layout

• unneeded production refinement that does not add value to a product

• producing more than required or before it is needed

Overproduction waste

• supply in excess, caused by poor inventory management and unbalanced production processes

• producing more than required or before it is needed

• employees performing unnecessary work when their talent could be utilized in greater activities

• loss of value to a product, when a products deviates from what is required

Waiting Waste

• unneeded production refinement that does not add value to a product

• idle time when production is not synchronized

• employees performing unnecessary work when their talent could be utilized in greater activities

• supply in excess, caused by poor inventory management and unbalanced production processes